Bravo is a true legacy for the Vail Valley

We are all so blessed to live in this wonderful valley with all the activities available - sporting, music, and intellectual. Each year the month of July is filled with the magnificent sounds of the Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, and this year is no different. Before the July 4th weekend the Rochester Philharmonic Symphony comes to town and starts the series off with both pops concerts and symhonies from Mozart to Shastakovich. Then they cap off their visit with one of the most popular performances in the Valley on the Fourth playing a Patriotic concert that is packed for Standing Room only even on the grass.

RPO is then followed immediately by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, who amazingly conducts every concert totally without any music scores in front of him. His command of his orchestra is just phenomenal, picking up not only the different sets of strings - violins, cellos, violas and bass, but also the percussion section is huge and the brass and reed sections are perfect as well.

After Philadelphia leaves the National Repertory  Orchestra comes to town with complimentary  performances in July 17 with Carl Topilow directing. The free family concert will feature Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and Verdi. The climax of the Bravo summer is capped off with the New York Philharmonic Symphony conducted by Alan Gilbert arriving the day after on July 19.

Nowhere in the Rocky Mountains is there ever a month to remember more than the Bravo Music Festival in July. It should be added that immediately following Bravo is the International Festival of Dance presented by the Vail Valley Foundation. I will write more about this fantastic performance later.

For more information on the many events awaiting you in Vail or Beaver Creek, for that matter, call me Judd Babcock, at 970-376-3230 for an up to date calendar of events and a tour of the Valley as well.

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